Grammy Award nominee Fiona Joy Hawkins brings you Christmas Joy, a CD that will allow you to experience Christmas as you never have. An Intoxicating mix of Gaelic, Didgeridoo, Paraguayan Harp, Soprano Sax, String Orchestra and a world of Rhythm that will free your spirit as it calms your senses.

Produced by Grammy Award Winners Corin Nelson and Will Ackerman, the recording offers an inventive and joyful approach; bringing life to music which has been taken for granted for decades. Both in her unique slant on traditional music and in her own compositions for this recording, Christmas Joy is a recording of stellar beauty for the season.

"Fiona Joy Hawkins breathes life into a traditional repertoire deeply in need of a new perspective and new energy. The recording offers an inventive and joyful approach to the music which has been taken for granted for decades. Both in her unique slant on traditional music and in her wonderful original compositions, Christmas Joy is an utterly brilliant creation and a recording of stellar beauty for the season."

Will Ackerman - Founder Windham Hill Records

Tracklisting:

1. Walking in the Air
2. Still Still Still / While Shepherds Watched
3. Silent Night / Down The Aisle
4. Jingle Bells
5. Gliding on a Sleigh
6. Christmas Wedding
7. O Come O Come Emmanuel
8. Flight of the Snowbird
9. The Holly and the Ivy
10. Christmas Joy
11. Away In A Manger

Fiona Joy Hawkins: 2 Grand I’m Yours – TOUR
20 October BRISBANE JAZZ CLUB, KANGAROO POINT
23 October CLARENCE VALLEY CONSERVATORIUM, GRAFTON
28 October THE GLASSHOUSE STUDIO, PORT MACQUARIE
3 November EL ROCCO, SYDNEY
5 November ARTS BUNDANOON: PIANO AT TEN
17 November THE PROMETHEAN, ADELAIDE
More to come...